Itinerary Management

Trip.com Group’s Trip.Biz launches business travel booking app
News / Technology
Trip.com Group’s Trip.Biz launches business travel booking app
By Morgan Hines | April 15, 2024
Trip.Biz, a digital travel management company, aims to revolutionize the organization of business travel. Read More
Who should own the travel customer?
News / Online
Who should own the travel customer?
By Norm Rose - Phocuswright Research | April 8, 2024
A full, inter-operational digital ID ecosystem will be required to truly reap the benefits of frictionless travel. Read More
Spotnana adds travel management for meetings and events
News / Technology
Spotnana adds travel management for meetings and events
By Mitra Sorrells | March 13, 2024
Spotnana Events is a self-service solution employees can use to book and manage their travel for meetings and events. Read More
Kayak launches image recognition tool to compare flight prices from a screenshot
News / Technology
Kayak launches image recognition tool to compare flight prices from a screenshot
By Derek Catron and Morgan Hines | March 5, 2024
Extensive training of ChatGPT’s AI model on Kayak’s database of billions of consumer travel queries helped produce the metasearch site’s new features. Read More
Jeff Katz on Journera’s shutdown and why a connected trip still matters
Opinion / Startups
Jeff Katz on Journera’s shutdown and why a connected trip still matters
By Jeff Katz - Journera | February 12, 2024
Jeff Katz shares his lessons from trying to build Journera and why he still believes in the need for the industry to break down silos in a traveler’s journey. Read More
Jeff Katz is shutting down Journera, his startup that tried to create a connected trip
News / Startups
Jeff Katz is shutting down Journera, his startup that tried to create a connected trip
By Mitra Sorrells | February 8, 2024
The founder of Orbitz created Journera in 2016 with the goal of creating a secure, real-time data exchange for creating more seamless travel journeys. Read More
Top Travel Industry Predictions for 2024
News / Online
Top Travel Industry Predictions for 2024
By Morgan Hines | January 2, 2024
Leaders from across the travel industry share their thoughts on what the industry should be watching and working on in 2024. Read More
Encore's "accidental" journey to becoming a tech-forward TMC
News / Technology
Encore's "accidental" journey to becoming a tech-forward TMC
By Michael B. Baker - BTN | December 14, 2023
As a platform, Encore director of commercial strategy Jake Jonassohn compared its travel platform, Zii, to an "octopus" with everything built as microservices, such as the booking tool or duty-of-care... Read More
RePushti by Qtech - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Conference 2023
Interview / Technology
RePushti by Qtech - Launch pitch at Phocuswright Conference 2023
By PhocusWire | November 28, 2023
RePushti by Qtech Software is an SaaS-based solution that uses generative artificial intelligence and machine learning to re-verify hotel bookings. Read More
Finding solutions for travel disruptions in an age of climate change
News / Technology
Finding solutions for travel disruptions in an age of climate change
By Derek Catron | November 27, 2023
Travel industry leaders weigh in on the need for companies to be more proactive about helping customers when travel disruptions occur.   Read More
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024: Blockskye
Interview / Startups
Hot 25 Travel Startups for 2024: Blockskye
By PhocusWire | November 14, 2023
Blockskye offers an end-to-end solution for corporate travel management in partnership with Kayak that places corporate buyers in direct contact with suppliers. Read More
Q&A: Mondee’s vice chairman talks AI strategy, acquisitions, going public
News / Online
Q&A: Mondee’s vice chairman talks AI strategy, acquisitions, going public
By Morgan Hines | October 19, 2023
Mondee is combining AI with human support to help anyone sell travel - and the newly-public company has big plans for growth.  Read More
Travel embraces generative AI
News / Technology
Travel embraces generative AI
By Jamie Biesiada – Travel Weekly | September 6, 2023
The industry has embraced artificial intelligence as a timesaving tool with vast potential, and advisors are studying use cases and developing best practices for deploying the nascent technology. Read More
Tripadvisor integrates OpenAI for travel planning
News / Technology
Tripadvisor integrates OpenAI for travel planning
By Mitra Sorrells | July 19, 2023
Tripadvisor's new tool leverages the platform's more than one billion user-generated reviews and opinions to generate personalized itineraries using OpenAI's technology.  Read More
How can travel harness ChatGPT - while limiting risks?
Opinion / Technology
How can travel harness ChatGPT - while limiting risks?
By Rudy Daniello – Amadeus | July 11, 2023
Amadeus has been working with Microsoft and Accenture to develop a generative AI-powered interactive travel assistant to assist corporate travelers with all elements of their journey. Read More
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